12 Nursing Home Workers Charged With Elder Abuse
A dozen employees of an Escondido nursing home have been charged with felony elder abuse for allegedly neglecting a woman and falsifying her medical records.
The employees at the 70-bed SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation for Escondido-East are scheduled to be arraigned in San Diego Superior Court next week. Evidence against the 12 was gathered through a video camera hidden in the woman’s room after her family complained that she was receiving poor care, authorities said.
“These are our most vulnerable citizens,” said Hallye Jordan, spokeswoman for state Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer, whose office brought the charges. “We must ensure that their health and medical needs are being met.”
The employees are nursing assistants and licensed vocational nurses. All have been put on paid leave, according to a spokeswoman for the SunBridge Corp.
The allegations include assertions that the employees skipped routine care for the woman and did not take proper precautions to protect her from bedsores.
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